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Table 3 Diagnostic yield of combination between histology and culture [6]

From: Recent advances in the diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis

Study

Patients with ileocolonic TB (N)

Histology

N (%)

Culture positivity

N (%)

Culture medium

Combined diagnostic yield%

Vij et al

28

21 (75)

13 (46)

LJ medium

75

Amarapurkar et al

26

13 (50)

6 (23)

BACTEC

Not commented

Shah et al

50

40 (80)

3 (6)

LJ medium

80

Leung et al

23

3 (13)

17 (73)

BACTEC

82

Krisch et al

18

14 (78)

14 (78)

BACTEC

78

Samant et al

61

48 (78.6)

31 (50.8)

BACTEC

91.8